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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1228-1 (elinks)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to elinks announced via advisory DSA 1228-1. Teemu Salmela discovered that the elinks character mode web browser performs insufficient sanitising of smb:// URIs, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.4-7.1. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your elinks package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201228-1